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post #1 of 107
1/21/08 at 9:32pm
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I think everyone's near or in the third trimester now. If you were waiting to drink the tea, now is the time!

I've been drinking it fairly regularly, but I'm trying to get religious about it now. Anybody else? Maybe, we can check up on each other?
post #2 of 107
1/21/08 at 9:33pm
Yup, I am drinking at least 1 cup a day although I know it should be more. I really need to step it up, I also need to pick up some more from the store.
post #3 of 107
1/21/08 at 9:38pm
What kind are you supposed to get and where do you get it? I keep meaning too but I haven't been able to find any...
post #4 of 107
1/21/08 at 9:43pm
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Originally Posted by ChristyH View Post
Yup, I am drinking at least 1 cup a day although I know it should be more. I really need to step it up, I also need to pick up some more from the store.
I'm shooting for four cups a day right now. However, I'm still using bagged tea and it's getting expensive! I need to order some soon. Add that to my to-do list for this week.

Did you drink it before while pregnant, Christy? I'm really hoping that it's good for a speedy birth, but even more so that it helps eject the placenta faster... Not that it means anything for this pregnancy, but I had a retained placenta with dd and it was kind of scary for me and for dh.

ETA: Chely, there's a thread (long) here with lots of info. I'll find it for you. You can buy the bagged tea just about anywhere now, but I'm going to order loose leaf from www.mountainroseherbs.com. Off to find you the link.

RRL thread: http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=347728

ETAA: Try the coop, a hfs or even Fred Meyer for the bagged tea.
post #5 of 107
1/21/08 at 9:47pm
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Originally Posted by ~ATenthMuse~ View Post
I'm shooting for four cups a day right now. However, I'm still using bagged tea and it's getting expensive! I need to order some soon. Add that to my to-do list for this week.

Did you drink it before while pregnant, Christy? I'm really hoping that it's good for a speedy birth, but even more so that it helps eject the placenta faster... Not that it means anything for this pregnancy, but I had a retained placenta with dd and it was kind of scary for me and for dh.
Yeah I need to get up to 3-4 cups a day! I need to make a pitcher of it and drink on it all day.

I've never had it during pregnancy before so I don't have anything to compare it to, I wish I did. I've heard so many great stories though that I'm hoping it has a positive effect during labor
post #6 of 107
1/21/08 at 9:53pm
I've been drinking a pregnancy blend from a local herbalist that includes RRL. I probably get it in at least 4 days a week and am trying to increase that. It's so yummy!
post #7 of 107
1/21/08 at 9:56pm
Not yet, but I just picked up a 1/2 pound at the health food store on Sunday!

I need to brew some up and get going.
post #8 of 107
1/21/08 at 10:42pm
I drink a quart daily of a strong infusion of RRL, nettle and peppermint (1/4c each of nettle & RRL, 1/8c. peppermint). In my last pregnancy I just drank just the RRL for the last 6 weeks of my pregnancy and I think it might have helped make labor faster and easier. I had one of those super fast and easy labors that I always complained about being jealous about. Don't want to go faster than last time (MW didn't make it ) but I do feel that it a great uterine tonic and provides good minerals. This time I've been adding the nettle and peppermint on the advice of my MW, she suggests the nettle for building blood volume and all the great easily absorbable minerals it provides and the peppermint for relaxation and digestion. I have to say I'm actually enjoying drinking it this time around, it feels very nourishing


I typically make 2 quarts at a time from bulk herbs in glass jars and put them both in the fridge. I strain them as I pour them in a glass and sometimes add a little honey. Between my chiro visits and my daily infusion I hope to have an easy labor again
post #9 of 107
1/21/08 at 10:44pm
I finally got a pound in (They were out of nettles, grr) and I have been drinking at least a quart a day. I have a big gallon jar that I am going to make up and drink it all day. I wonder if it matters if i drink more tea than water?
post #10 of 107
1/21/08 at 11:27pm
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Celestial! Now, that does worry me a bit. My midwife is in Oly and I'm 20 miles + south. I don't think I'd complain much if it was that fast though!

I'm drinking mine with some nettle, too. I've been using some quart-size glass pitchers from Ikea. I mix it up the night before, if I remember. If not, I just make it in the morning. I peppermint tea! Mixing it up with different teas, makes me not mind drinking it so much.

When I place my bulk order, I want to get the rrl, nettle, alfalfa, dandelion... Think that's it.
post #11 of 107
1/21/08 at 11:30pm
I'm drinking a pot (1L I think) of RRL most days. The only place I've seen it around here is at the Bulk Barn where they sell bags. I'm almost out, I need to add it to the grocery list for Friday!
post #12 of 107
1/21/08 at 11:50pm
I bought a lb of each RRL and Nettles. I have been drinking 4 cups every night. I like it warm not cold so I drink it fast... I hope it doesn't matter. Its been so : here I can't even drink water cold. I drink it at room temp.

I also add Spearmint or Peppermint. Some days I add alfalfa, chamomile,, or rose hips to change it up a little bit.

my friend found RRL (organic) for $5.55 a lb nettles was $5.00 lb ... plus shipping. www.godsgreenearth.net for those one the east coast this might be cheaper than shipping from mountain rose on the west coast.
post #13 of 107
1/22/08 at 12:05am
I have a bunch from a year and 1/2 ago. Do you think it is still good? I want to start drinking it soon.
post #14 of 107
1/22/08 at 12:08am
Wow, y'all are making my 1 cup a day look so measly. I just went down and fixed a big double mug full! lol

I really need to get to the health food store around here and stock up, I'm hoping to make and drink a pitcher a day. My last labor and delivery were so easy and fast and that was with no RRL tea, I'm anxious to see what it would do for this labor!
post #15 of 107
1/22/08 at 12:28am
I have been drinking it semi regularly since 2nd trimester (too paranoid of the tonic effects in 1st)...I just bought a lb from Bulk Herbs and it is pretty good (has a combination of nettle, RRL, peppermint, alfalfa). I also picked up their Mother's milk blend so I am ready to go My last labor was 4 hours from start to finish and I only drank 1 cup a day so I am hoping that 2 or 3x that amount will result in that much speedier results!!
post #16 of 107
1/22/08 at 12:36am
Does anyone know what the "labor RRL drink" is? I went down the RRL thread a bit but it is a million pages long. I heard something about drinking a super concentrated variation as hot as one could tolerate but thought I would ask to be sure.

Thanks!!
post #17 of 107
1/22/08 at 12:45am
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Originally Posted by treehuggermama View Post
Does anyone know what the "labor RRL drink" is? I went down the RRL thread a bit but it is a million pages long. I heard something about drinking a super concentrated variation as hot as one could tolerate but thought I would ask to be sure.

Thanks!!
That's what I heard too, it's supposed to be like 1/2 gallon I think and as strong and as hot as you can handle it. I need to see if I can find the post because I remember seeing it, you are also supposed to drink it as fast as you can.
post #18 of 107
1/22/08 at 12:45am
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Originally Posted by treehuggermama View Post
Does anyone know what the "labor RRL drink" is? I went down the RRL thread a bit but it is a million pages long. I heard something about drinking a super concentrated variation as hot as one could tolerate but thought I would ask to be sure.

Thanks!!
I know I saw it, but can't remember where in the world it is on that thread. I'll try to find it.
post #19 of 107
1/22/08 at 2:25am
Here are the directions I copied from that long RRL thread:

'One ounce of raspberry leaves pour one pint of boiling water, cover and let steep for 30 minutes. Strain, and when the time for delivery is approaching drink the whole as hot as possible.'

Sounds easy enough- I'm going to do it.

As I have posted before, in my last pregnancy I drank 3-4 cups of RRL each day in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters and ended up with a 4.5 hour labor. Not bad for a first timer! This time I am only drinking about 16oz 4-5 times a week- its going to take my midwife at least an hour to get here!
post #20 of 107
1/22/08 at 5:25am
Hmm, I'd always heard that spearmint was a big no no during pregnancy.

I try to get my RRL, peppermint, nettle and chamomile tea in daily, though
I sometimes forget
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